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known and widely watched here, the current scandal involving his company is mostly unraveling in great britain where he's already shut down one newspaper. where we know people's cell phones were hacked and where today, murdoch and his son and former employee faced members of parliament in a hearing. both murdochs tried to stay above the fray and then the fray came to them in the form of a guy with a cream pie aimed right at the face of the patriarch. it was that kind of day. it's been that kind of scandal. we begin our reporting here tonight with nbc's stephanie gosk in london, stephanie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening. brian. the police were armed with machine guns outside the front doors of parliament today, a good indication it was not going to be business as usual. many here in london said today that this was one of the most important days in parliament's history. the murdoch's made a business out of covering the story. today, they were the story. the man who runs the second largest media company in the world side-by-side with his son, in front of members of parliament. apologetic
known and widely watched here, the current scandal involving his company is mostly unraveling in great britain where he's already shut down one newspaper. where we know people's cell phones were hacked and where today, murdoch and his son and former employee faced members of parliament in a hearing. both murdochs tried to stay above the fray and then the fray came to them in the form of a guy with a cream pie aimed right at the face of the patriarch. it was that kind of day. it's been that kind...
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. >> reporter: still, the verdict in britain is that murdoch couldn't have asked for better publicity from the pie attack during yesterday's parliamentary committee meeting. it deflected some attention from phone hacking, bribery, and corruption on to wendy murdoch, the press verdict, what a wife. >> she was terrific revelation. my goodness, she brought those proceedings to life. >> murdoch is not off by a long shot. he and his son james could be asked to return to answer more questions. >> there are sure to be more hearings and there are sure to be more evidence. things will come out. other shoes will drop. >> reporter: cameron today said inquiry into the scandal would be wise to include broadcasters and social media. he also said he wanted to turn his attention to more pressing matters of government, like the economy. but this is one scandal that won't go away. brian? >> martin fletcher in our london bureau tonight. thanks. >>> when we come back here in new york, how one family could help find treatments, maybe even a cure for alzheimer's. >>> and later, used and abandoned by drug d
. >> reporter: still, the verdict in britain is that murdoch couldn't have asked for better publicity from the pie attack during yesterday's parliamentary committee meeting. it deflected some attention from phone hacking, bribery, and corruption on to wendy murdoch, the press verdict, what a wife. >> she was terrific revelation. my goodness, she brought those proceedings to life. >> murdoch is not off by a long shot. he and his son james could be asked to return to answer more...
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. >>> the prime minister of britain today called for a government inquiry into a scandal that has rocked the british media. the british tabloid "news of the world" has been accused of hacking into the voicemails of crime victims. one of them was a missing 13-year-old who was later found murdered. the activity on the child's voice mail gave her parents false hope that she was alive. family members of the victimses of the 2005 train bombings in london may also have been hacked. >> during this investigation, they have come across a file with my name, my home address, my home landline, and police let me know they found this in the possession of a private investigator who made all of these alleged phone hackings. >> companies in the u.k., advertisers, that is, are pulling ads from that newspaper, "news of the world" which is owned in part by media mogul rupert murdoch. >>> there continues to be fallout after the verdict of the casey anthony trial. there are lingering questions about the decision and what comes next. jay gray is in orlando with the very latest on all of this today. jay? >> rep
. >>> the prime minister of britain today called for a government inquiry into a scandal that has rocked the british media. the british tabloid "news of the world" has been accused of hacking into the voicemails of crime victims. one of them was a missing 13-year-old who was later found murdered. the activity on the child's voice mail gave her parents false hope that she was alive. family members of the victimses of the 2005 train bombings in london may also have been hacked....
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then the war started in libya britain and france joined in nato jointly and they persuaded the u.n. to. three which is allegedly a no fly zone and now they've decided they're going to switch horses and expel the diplomats from tripoli and replace them with the people from benghazi will seems to me that we are now deeply involved in the civil war and effectively trying to play judge and jury on the future of libya surely the future of libya is for the libyan people the source are not western arms. a child associate of convicted oil tycoon mikhail how they're called ski has been denied parole and will stay in custody a lot of hearing in northern russia left on lead but ev's wife and daughter made an emotional plea for his for early release but the judge ruled that lead would have this not eligible to be let out of prison artie's it at that he was at the hearing it was up to the small local court to decide the fate of one of russia's best known prisoners after two days of hearings and intense debate between prosecutors and the defense team the judge ruled against granting him for the b
then the war started in libya britain and france joined in nato jointly and they persuaded the u.n. to. three which is allegedly a no fly zone and now they've decided they're going to switch horses and expel the diplomats from tripoli and replace them with the people from benghazi will seems to me that we are now deeply involved in the civil war and effectively trying to play judge and jury on the future of libya surely the future of libya is for the libyan people the source are not western...
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took longer, but not as long as britain. russia says recognizing them is taking sides in a civil war, but it agrees colonel gaddafi must go. china just says the ntc is an important dialogue partner. but it means there will be a new set of diplomats. >> in the u.k., normal political relationships will resume like every two countries have. >> but from tripoli, the finance. defiance. -- the financ >> i tell the british government, the rebels will not benefit from this. >> why has it taken so long to cut the last diplomatic ties with the gaddafi regime since they have been against him from the start? it seems there are difficulties in handling the burk -- the regime's assets over to the rebels. for now, the rebels are not getting anywhere very fast. in the east they have recaptured only where they were four months ago. they have broken out of misrata, but have not done much since then. the biggest advances have been in the mountains south of tripoli. of rebels there are only 60 miles away, but that group is separate from the res
took longer, but not as long as britain. russia says recognizing them is taking sides in a civil war, but it agrees colonel gaddafi must go. china just says the ntc is an important dialogue partner. but it means there will be a new set of diplomats. >> in the u.k., normal political relationships will resume like every two countries have. >> but from tripoli, the finance. defiance. -- the financ >> i tell the british government, the rebels will not benefit from this. >>...
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later because i've got a train to catch for many years in britain and here there is that some people don't work in britain people don't work weekends it's changing a little bit now particularly in periods of economic recession. but generally it's a monday to friday as recently as just two years ago india had a six day long week the government has put in strict regulations regarding labor hours but that doesn't stop people from spending more time in the office than needed notice of the most significant difference between the kind of work culture in india and in britain is the pressure of people around to work above and beyond their contracted hours. everyone will do this irrespective of really if there's work to be done if there is a small enterprise to run then all state regulations go out of the window instead of prices equal success then you have to make them i wouldn't twenty four seven. working at another level. i work and it is i'm an office working because a lot of the first being organized. it is. but what may seem a fine example of did occasionally actually. in the office env
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as for britain's parliament, the result to get to the bottom of the phone hacking scandal, they recessed until september 5. but it isn't over for rupert murdoch, by a long shot. >> the long-term effects on news corp. are difficult to see, mistakes were clearly made. it's cost them a lot of money. >> reporter: and it may cost a lot more. calpers, the biggest pension fund in the u.s. called for news corp. but their support, from a biggest outside investor. of he said the company remains, quote, a valuable and long-term investment. as for the glimpse into the murdoch marriage provided by wendi's dramatic leap, a recent and rare interview of the couple on chinese tv revealed more how they met. >> she interpreted for me as we went around china, and who wouldn't fall in love with a beautiful woman like that? >> reporter: murdoch's marriage grabbed the headlines, but nobody is under any illusion the substance hasn't changed. murdoch's empire is threatened by the british investigation. now back to you. >> that was martin fletcher reporting. and that's news4 at 4:00. news4 at 5:00 starts right no
as for britain's parliament, the result to get to the bottom of the phone hacking scandal, they recessed until september 5. but it isn't over for rupert murdoch, by a long shot. >> the long-term effects on news corp. are difficult to see, mistakes were clearly made. it's cost them a lot of money. >> reporter: and it may cost a lot more. calpers, the biggest pension fund in the u.s. called for news corp. but their support, from a biggest outside investor. of he said the company...
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the final headline from one of britain's most fam -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur?] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are those great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that c help lower cholesterol. stickers? uh-uh. a superhero? ♪ kinda. [ male announcer ] and we think that's the best prize of all. ♪ >>> despite eye a poor jobs report, the highest unemployment rate in six months, some expect the jobless rate to follow through next year. a poll of economists at the top 20 financial institutions show that most expect the unemployment rate to drop below 9% by the end of the year. some economists say it could drop 8.1% by the end of 2012. friday's job report show 18,000 jobs were added in june, raising unemployment to 9.2%. >>> this morning a i new report shows d.c. is on track to be the number one housing market. the real estate firm clear capital says by year's end home prices in
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and great britain we are both countries and both media environments where gossip sells and there's a tremendous interest in celebrity both countries are abuzz after rupert murdoch's news of the world newspaper phone hacking shocker broke in london his empire stretches far and wide across the u.s. as well let's not forget he owns and you're opposed to wall street journal and the daily at a protest outside rupert murdoch's big apple pad protesters demanded an investigation into this publications at home we know what murdoch does in england because he was caught and we want congress to investigate what he's doing here in the united states we don't know if newspapers are acting other people in this country yet i see no reason to put it past them so how far from potential public embarrassment do american newspapers stand by the ones that are owned by rupert murdoch without question the new york post. is one of the most hideous deceitful. tools of criminals that there could be when it comes to getting scandal fuld in the u.s. counting on the reader's short attention span is a common publis
and great britain we are both countries and both media environments where gossip sells and there's a tremendous interest in celebrity both countries are abuzz after rupert murdoch's news of the world newspaper phone hacking shocker broke in london his empire stretches far and wide across the u.s. as well let's not forget he owns and you're opposed to wall street journal and the daily at a protest outside rupert murdoch's big apple pad protesters demanded an investigation into this publications...
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richest man to build giant arctic iron ore mine britain richest man lakshmi mittal is planning a giant new opencast mine three hundred miles inside the arctic circle in a bid to extract a potential twenty three billion dollars worth of iron ore the megamind includes a one hundred fifty kilometer railway line and to newport and it's believed to be the largest mineral extraction operation in the arctic and it relies of course on melting sea ice destroying open casket mining operation because the earth's ecosystem is dead this guy knows it and he's just excel he's basically what he call the guy who rapes a dead person and necrophilia the point is that with the final headline here melting ice caps open arctic for white gold rush scott walker for example he's in prison gulag they're introducing a gulag economy but he's also a climate change denier for example but there's a gold rush up into the arctic you have all of these forms of britain's richest man probably a man who finances some of these denying industries because they don't want any competition so you have a whole gold rush whole sw
richest man to build giant arctic iron ore mine britain richest man lakshmi mittal is planning a giant new opencast mine three hundred miles inside the arctic circle in a bid to extract a potential twenty three billion dollars worth of iron ore the megamind includes a one hundred fifty kilometer railway line and to newport and it's believed to be the largest mineral extraction operation in the arctic and it relies of course on melting sea ice destroying open casket mining operation because the...
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he was britain's cozy preeminent painter of the nude. in an age of abstract art, he brought the power of paint and the human form laid bare. >> you have been watching news day from the bbc. >> that is it from us for now. and you can get much more on our website bbc.com. >> makes sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. ♪ >> union bank has put its global financial strength to work for a wide range of companies. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet los angeles.
he was britain's cozy preeminent painter of the nude. in an age of abstract art, he brought the power of paint and the human form laid bare. >> you have been watching news day from the bbc. >> that is it from us for now. and you can get much more on our website bbc.com. >> makes sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. ♪...
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we can keep expanding where we can say we're only going to go from one to five but people in britain for example can and do say that seven spent years working as a business consultant in the u.k. and he says brits watch that closely in britain people leave a five o'clock and they won't stay later because i've got a train to catch the family is in britain and you're there is that some people don't work in britain people don't work weekends it's changing a little bit no particularly periods of economic recession. but generally it's and it's a monday to friday as recently as just two years ago india had a six day long week a government has put in strict regulations regarding we were hours but that doesn't stop people from spending more time in the office they're needed by noticeable or significant difference so in the kind of work culture in india and in britain is the pressure people are under to work above and beyond they contracted hours. everyone will do this irrespective of really if there's work to be done if there is a small enterprise to run the all theory galatians go to the wi
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the divisions grew out of unresolved tensions after sudan gained independence from britain. in 2005, there was a peace deal that formally ended the war. under international mediationon, the south would hold a referendum on its future. the result was 99% that voted for independence. there are ongoing territorial disputes. the border states are to remain in the north. but there is still local opposition. there is also the disputed region of the oil reserves. south sudanan hasost of the oil fields, but nearly all the reports, refineries, and pipelines are in the north. there have often been outbreaks of fighting. there were renewed clashes. the conflict is a major challenge for the new states. >> we spoke earlier from someone from the german institute for international and security affairs. we began by asking him if the government structures are nctial. >> the state of the administration is similar to infrastructure and that there is virtually no precedent for an administrative presence let alone control outside of the main city. this is only being established since 2005. the p
the divisions grew out of unresolved tensions after sudan gained independence from britain. in 2005, there was a peace deal that formally ended the war. under international mediationon, the south would hold a referendum on its future. the result was 99% that voted for independence. there are ongoing territorial disputes. the border states are to remain in the north. but there is still local opposition. there is also the disputed region of the oil reserves. south sudanan hasost of the oil...
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and tripoli is good by britain's decision to expel them darkies diplomats and replace them with rebels. financial crisis for some it's not a charity for others and with money in short supply the companies in the west are taking their operations and dollars to the cheap east parties pressure it looks at how the american financial downturn has been great news for the indian economy. it's the great recession of the twenty first century what started as a collapse in the housing market in the united states has led to unemployment hunger and debt crises around the world and while countries are struggling to protect their interests increasingly western businesses are shifting their work east to cut costs are welcome to go down a modern suburb of new delhi everywhere you look there are options of american companies at the spine of the importance the united states has placed on the country during the financial crisis according to recent outsourcing reports american companies have been very productive in that country as much as that in mind in the past three years. kara corporations is a multi-b
and tripoli is good by britain's decision to expel them darkies diplomats and replace them with rebels. financial crisis for some it's not a charity for others and with money in short supply the companies in the west are taking their operations and dollars to the cheap east parties pressure it looks at how the american financial downturn has been great news for the indian economy. it's the great recession of the twenty first century what started as a collapse in the housing market in the united...
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where the richest people in britain avoid paying over one hundred billion a year we actually mean these pensions look fairly cheap in comparison and you mentioned the private sector and private sector workers say that see the public sector has a very good deal when it comes to pensions a lot better than a lot of private sector provision do you think there's really public support for what you're saying probably opinion polls seem to tell us already a majority of people actually believe the public sector pensions are important arriving at the right level should even be higher that's incredible when you think of the propaganda we've had over the last two years from politicians in the media telling everybody the public sector pensions are the cause of people's problems my message to private sector workers is they're doing exploited by their shareholders and by the company chiefs not by public sector. workers' pensions and we should have a campaign that seeks to drive all potential rivals out and not cut down to the worst what's your possibly like what would you expect in terms of pension re
where the richest people in britain avoid paying over one hundred billion a year we actually mean these pensions look fairly cheap in comparison and you mentioned the private sector and private sector workers say that see the public sector has a very good deal when it comes to pensions a lot better than a lot of private sector provision do you think there's really public support for what you're saying probably opinion polls seem to tell us already a majority of people actually believe the...
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libya's foreign minister has described britain's decision to recognize the rebels next well when it's different that is illegal and irresponsible. government is also the reason one hundred fifty million dollars a year is to help fund the battles opposition m.p. and his campaign jerry corbett says in u.k.'s trying to play the role of judge and jury future of reference eight. what is involved selves in a civil war between the sensational government and the gadhafi regime in tripoli and i suspect this is going to run for a very long time and get incredibly nasty and bloody and there are human rights abuses being reported on both sides including the treatment of african people by the transitional government as well as the treatment proposition people by the government of market reffing the reality he was on reality would have is a war for regime change and this is now been successful and i think this is going to be subject to a lot of legal and it's a very strange situation all round because britain formally recognized the government of gadhafi indeed we were providing arms and training f
libya's foreign minister has described britain's decision to recognize the rebels next well when it's different that is illegal and irresponsible. government is also the reason one hundred fifty million dollars a year is to help fund the battles opposition m.p. and his campaign jerry corbett says in u.k.'s trying to play the role of judge and jury future of reference eight. what is involved selves in a civil war between the sensational government and the gadhafi regime in tripoli and i suspect...
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britain which was what the biggest aid donor last week -- which was the biggest aid donors suspended their payments. this makes an end to the protests of the more difficult in all of the world's poorest countries. -- in one of the world's poorest countries. >> this is "newsday," on the bbc. >> the headlines this hour. european leaders have agreed to a second loan for greece with banks and private investors contributing more than $150 billion. >> james murdoch has rejected claims that he gave mistaken evidence to british members of parliament. the claims for made by former senior executives of the "news of the world," newspaper. who owns the south china seas? this is a simple enough question but the answer is complicated. a number of countries claim ownership. hillary clinton has arrived in bali where the asean group of nations has been discussing the contentious issue of maritime boundaries. it is believed that the south china sea is rich in oil and gas. countries in the region are competing with each other to stake a claim. china says they have the largest claim over the south china
britain which was what the biggest aid donor last week -- which was the biggest aid donors suspended their payments. this makes an end to the protests of the more difficult in all of the world's poorest countries. -- in one of the world's poorest countries. >> this is "newsday," on the bbc. >> the headlines this hour. european leaders have agreed to a second loan for greece with banks and private investors contributing more than $150 billion. >> james murdoch has...
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then the war started in libya britain and france joined in nato jointly and they persuaded the u.n. so one hundred seventy three which is allegedly a no fly zone and now they've decided they're going to switch horses and expel the diplomats from tripoli and replace them with the people from benghazi will seems to me that we are now deeply involved in the civil war and effectively trying to play judge and jury on the future of libya surely the future of libya is for the libyan people the source not western arms. it's been more than a thousand years since ancient russia was christianized and occasional top off the box officials and question is a gathering in ukraine capital let's say your share schemes in kiev started to spread the millennium. thousands have gathered in key of central monastery to cue the chest a lot of the one you can see over there behind me to attend the biggest liturgy the biggest service held by the head of the russian orthodox church have to deal with came over to the ukrainian capital to mark the celebrations of the christianization of ancient russia indeed a t
then the war started in libya britain and france joined in nato jointly and they persuaded the u.n. so one hundred seventy three which is allegedly a no fly zone and now they've decided they're going to switch horses and expel the diplomats from tripoli and replace them with the people from benghazi will seems to me that we are now deeply involved in the civil war and effectively trying to play judge and jury on the future of libya surely the future of libya is for the libyan people the source...
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but first britain now officially or. recognizes libya's rebels as the country's legitimate government and exparel colonel gadhafi has diplomats it's also unfreezing one hundred fifty million dollars of libyan oil cash to help fund the rebels tripoli and says it will not enter peace talks to end a four month long civil war until nato stops its airstrikes u.n. talks with the rebels in benghazi are also making little progress toward a cease fire british opposition m.p. and peace campaigner jeremy corbyn things britain is in effectively trying to play the role of judge and jury in libya's future. he's involved selves in a civil war between the sensational government and the gadhafi regime in tripoli and i suspect this is going to run for a very long time and incredibly nasty and bloody there are human rights abuses being reported on both sides including the treatment of african people by the transitional government as well as the treatment for position people by the government of market efi the reality on reality would have
but first britain now officially or. recognizes libya's rebels as the country's legitimate government and exparel colonel gadhafi has diplomats it's also unfreezing one hundred fifty million dollars of libyan oil cash to help fund the rebels tripoli and says it will not enter peace talks to end a four month long civil war until nato stops its airstrikes u.n. talks with the rebels in benghazi are also making little progress toward a cease fire british opposition m.p. and peace campaigner jeremy...
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the case of britain not only are they lax with financial terrorism but now is lax with murdoch who is the dog poop of major media yet but i maintain that we actually don't have governments max that these regulators are not operating on behalf of the people because they are actually are only a wing of those corporations who they're allegedly regulating is just a facade for the people there is no such thing as government in our world today no not in a club talk r.c. you can rightfully refer to the people sitting in those offices as a government you know you're right of course when moody's downgraded portugal by for not just to junk. spreads on irish debt bood and irish begged to buy fridges to boost economy so the eleven ten year bonds rose to record amid increasing speculation that the nation's credit rating may join greece and portugal being downgraded to junk and the only thing that could rescue them they're saying is consumers but the consumer savings rate is over twelve percent look this is a complete disconnect between what a sound economic policy should be and the benefits or har
the case of britain not only are they lax with financial terrorism but now is lax with murdoch who is the dog poop of major media yet but i maintain that we actually don't have governments max that these regulators are not operating on behalf of the people because they are actually are only a wing of those corporations who they're allegedly regulating is just a facade for the people there is no such thing as government in our world today no not in a club talk r.c. you can rightfully refer to...
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britain's biggest selling newspaper is caught out announcing it shutting down after revelations it was hacking into the phones of terror and murder victims. high profile photographers arrested in georgia suspected of spying often line up as a convicted on the same charge countries opposition says the government is muzzling the press to cover up its own problems. the e.u. gets out of credit rating agencies after a downgrade of portugal's debt to junk status leaves world markets panicking over a fifty billion dollars a knock on effect elsewhere and. international news and comment live from moscow this is r.t. britain's biggest selling newspaper the news of the world has announced it shutting down in response to the phone hacking scandal that's engulfed it and follows claims the paper been hacking into the phones of murder and terror victims as well as dead soldiers the paper is a jewel in the crown of rupert murdoch's global media empire and a public inquiry has been promised by the government r t m it has the details for us now from london. it started off relatively tiny really with jus
britain's biggest selling newspaper is caught out announcing it shutting down after revelations it was hacking into the phones of terror and murder victims. high profile photographers arrested in georgia suspected of spying often line up as a convicted on the same charge countries opposition says the government is muzzling the press to cover up its own problems. the e.u. gets out of credit rating agencies after a downgrade of portugal's debt to junk status leaves world markets panicking over a...